You can access this feature from your MSL Admin site. Only Super Admins with Election Admins or Site Admins permissions can access the Election Counts window.
If a candidate(s) is ready to be elected, the word Elect is displayed alongside their name on the Count Details window.
At Stage 1, the MSL System checks if a candidate(s) has already met the quota. If they have not, when the Count Details window is displayed, the count is already at Stage 2.
Before proceeding, ensure that after every transfer of papers or transfer of surplus, you check if a candidate(s) is ready to be elected before transferring further papers or surplus.
For further information, and to download the above flowchart as a PDF file, see Election Results.
Log in to your MSL Admin site at https://[domainname]/msl/. The Home menu is displayed.
From the Home menu, select Voting. The Voting submenu is displayed.
- From the Voting submenu, select Results. The Results window with a list of all Elections and Referenda with polling completed during the last month is displayed.
- From the list of Elections, select the relevant election. The Election Counts window is displayed.
- Next to the relevant Post, select New Count, then from the dropdown menu, click New Count. The Count Details window is displayed.
- Following the Election Count Process Flowchart, your organisation's Election Regulations, Constitution, Bye-Laws or similar, select one of the following options and follow that set of instructions:
- Exclude a Candidate
- Next to the relevant candidate, click Exclude
- A confirmation message is displayed, and in the Papers to Transfer section, their papers are listed, if relevant
- Next to the relevant candidate, click Exclude
- Exclude Multiple Candidates Simultaneously
- Next to the relevant candidates, select the checkboxes
- Click Exclude Selected Candidates. A confirmation message is displayed, and in the Papers to Transfer section, their papers are listed, if relevant
- Next to the relevant candidates, select the checkboxes
- Transfer Papers
- In the Papers to Transfer section, alongside the bundle of the highest value, click Transfer Papers
- A confirmation message is displayed, and in the Non-transferable Votes section, any non-transferable votes are listed, if relevant
- In the Papers to Transfer section, alongside the bundle of the highest value, click Transfer Papers
- Transfer Surplus
- In the Surpluses to Transfer section, if the total value of the surplus would save the candidate(s) with the fewest votes from exclusion, alongside the surplus of the highest value, click Transfer Surplus
- A confirmation message is displayed, and in the Non-transferable Votes section, any non-transferable votes are listed, if relevant
- In the Surpluses to Transfer section, if the total value of the surplus would save the candidate(s) with the fewest votes from exclusion, alongside the surplus of the highest value, click Transfer Surplus
- Elect a Candidate
- Next to the relevant candidate, click Elect
- A confirmation message is displayed, and in the Surpluses to Transfer section, their surplus votes are listed, if relevant
- Next to the relevant candidate, click Elect
- Elect Multiple Candidates Simultaneously
- Next to the relevant candidates, select the checkboxes
- Click Elect Selected Candidates
- A confirmation message is displayed, and in the Surpluses to Transfer section, their surplus votes are listed, if relevant
- Next to the relevant candidates, select the checkboxes
- Exclude a Candidate
- When all places are filled, the count is complete, and a confirmation message is displayed.
